[Maine-birds] Tuckahoe Turf Farm, Berwick, Aug 31, 2013 AND RULES

I met the manager of Tuckahoe Turf Farm to day. I mentioned to him the rules
that I have given people, and he agrees with what I have told people. He
made it clear that people are welcomed to come and bird and walk the area.
Tuckahoe Turf Farm is at 305 Hubbard Road, Berwick, Maine, also on Ridlon
Road
So here goes the rules...
1) NEVER DRIVE ON TURF!!
2) NEVER PARK ON THE TURF!!
3) AS YOU DRIVE AROUND MAKE SURE YOU STAY OUT OF THEIR WAY AS THEY RUN THEIR
BUSINESS. (If you ran a business would you want people getting in your way?)
3a) Many of the roads are single lane, so make sure you can get to the other
end without meeting a worker, and of course you would have to back up if you
did.
4) YOU MAY WALK ANYWHERE YOU WISH.
5) IF A RARE BIRD IS SEEN, THAN THAT PERSON REPORTING IT, MUST MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT CROWDS OF PEOPLE MUST PARK ON RIDLON ROAD. Because lots of cars and
obsessive-compulsive birders would jam up the whole place. Ridlon Rd. is on
the east side of the farm. Also do not park in front of any of the gates as
they own land on both sides of the road.
I usually come in about .2 of a mile and turn right on a dirt road,
and that takes you a place where you can go right or left, and there are
high weeds and places to park. If they are in that area than I go in to the
corner about .4 and park in an area on that corner.
Also there are lots of butterflies in the 20 to 30 acres of weeds patches.
The weekend is the better time to bird the place because you have the place
to yourselves, during the week the workers are scattering the birds all over
the place.
This is the first year I have birded this place and it has the highest count
for AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and AMERICAN PIPIT, in Maine, and the 2nd state
record for N. LAPWING.
After lots of rain the roads to the north end are very muddy and deep, you
do not want to get stuck.

Tuckahoe Turf Farm, Berwick, York, US-ME
Aug 31, 2013 9:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: MOSTLY CLOUDY
15 species

Canada Goose 11
Wild Turkey 12
Northern Harrier 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/9641648546/in/photostream/
American Golden-Plover 2 one video to get call note and 4 photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/9641528792/in/photostream/
Killdeer 14
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 poor digiscoped photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/9641928788/ If this is the wrong
id, than I am sure some kind soul will let me knew. He had black legs and
standing next to the LESA he was larger.
Least Sandpiper 10
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Common Raven 3
Song Sparrow 4
Bobolink 1
American Goldfinch 6

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15062273

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


happy birding
Andy Aldrich
North Berwick



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